A multimillion-dollar Saudi TV production portraying the life of an early Islamic ruler has caused controversy in the Middle East, with Iraq and Iran banning the show and some clerics denouncing it as ...

The Saudis could regain the political and financial clout they once enjoyed in Lebanon, which was lost for two decades to Hezbollah and its foreign patrons. Could that restore a measure of prosperity ...

On the eve of the 1987 hajj pilgrimage, around 400 people were killed in the clashes between mostly Iranian Shia pilgrims, ...

Iraq's Ambassador to Riyadh Safia Al Souhail confirmed that Iraqi-Saudi relations are undergoing a strategic transformation, ...

Azerbaijan, a small transcontinental Muslim nation sandwiched between Middle East and Eurasia, is emerging as a popular, ...

For more than two years, Lebanon has been paralysed. The previous president, Michel Aoun, left office in October 2022.

Of these some 5% are Shia, the rest are Sunni. The historical split occurred 1400 years ago, following the death of Muhammad in Medina, in modern day Saudi Arabia. Muslims who wanted to select his ...

Moscow is resuming oil and gas operations in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region (KRI) to regain geopolitical influence lost after ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq is on the brink of a “serious energy crisis” due to the lack of viable alternatives to Iranian ...

Critics argue the FTO designation could exacerbate an already dire situation where millions of civilians rely on aid.

The violence has pitted the Islamist-led government's security forces against fighters from Assad's Alawite minority ...